Swiss repeating watch with 3 Jaquemarts and carillon Circa 1820

Skeletonized open faced pocket watch attributed Duchéne & Fils
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A Swiss decorative quarter repeating pocket watch “á trois couleurs” with three Jacquemarts and carillon, circa 1820.
Lavishly engine turned, 18 carat rose gold case, band with cord pattern, pusher for repetition via pendant, case maker’s punch mark “OB” and additional dial glass. Skeletonized dial with gold Jacquemart “á trois couleurs”, depiction of three bell-ringing Cupids, central white enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals, visible mirror-polished rack strike and blued Breguet hands. Full plate movement, keywind, firegilt, with engraved border, chain/fusee, three hammers / three gongs, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance and a fine florally engraved and pierced balance bridge.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 121 g
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Signed: No name
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Duchéne & Fils
The Duchéne family produced generations of watchmakers in the 18th and 19th century and the company Duchéne was renowned for its high quality pocket watches. Louis Duchéne was a specialist for repeating pocket watches with automatons; pocket watches were produced with enamel paintings, with petite and grande sonnerie, date indication, minute repeating, or jumping hour.
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A Jacquemart (sometimes Jaquemart and also called a quarter-jack) is an automaton, an animated, mechanised figure of a person, usually made from metal, which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer.